Nicolas, > For impatient users of my stacks, I'd like to rescript this > mouseDown-initiated repeat loop so that it can be escaped (via the > return key?) without leaving group "bin-bon!" hidden: Try the following: repeat 2 show group "bin-bon!" wait 400 milliseconds getOuttaHere hide group "bin-bon!" wait 600 milliseconds getOuttaHere show group "bin-bon!" end repeat on getOuttaHere if the commandkey is down then show group "bin-bon!" exit repeat end if end getOuttaHere Nelson Zink